Why?
Usually I have a movie playing as background noise while I read, but this movie just stole my attention right away.
What in the world?
A sorcerer must confront another sorcerer to get his wife back that he believes has died. He learns this information from a raven.
Personal thoughts
The campiness of this movie was just really great. I think that's what kept my attention the entire time. I mean the whole thing was just amazing. The visual effects were super good, but you also have to consider that the movie is from 1963. One thing that was kind of disappointing in the movie was that the raven wasn't a raven the entire time. I mean the raven as a human was still pretty great, but I did really like the raven because he was cute and just a raven having the personality of a human was just amazing. This movie also gave me an appreciation for Vincent Price. I had never really seen him in a whole lot and this movie is/was the start of a Vincent Price era for me.
Score
I have to give this movie a 9 out of 10. I loved most of the movie. The twists and turns that this movie took were just so fun to watch and I don't think I've enjoyed a movie like that in a long time. I do think that the plot could have been a bit more clear. I mean they went there and were friends and the bad guy's motive didn't make too much sense. From the looks of it, he was already good at what he did so I don't understand why he wanted to steal the other guy's magic. It was just a really strange movie.
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Your fellow film watcher
